Commentary on Saint John the Apostle and Evangelist: Homilies 1-47 AUTH-12924203 ISBN13: 9781500946715

ISBN13: 9781500946715

for it may keep one or both of the souls bound to earth for longer than they should be

could sometimes not resist diversifying from her well-loved central theme

Author: David Flanagan

for the attainment of the modern ideal of Christian culture

Commentary on Saint John the Apostle and Evangelist: Homilies 1-47 AUTH-12924203 ISBN13: 9781500946715The Homilies on St. John's Gospel come from the period in which Chrysostom attained his greatest fame as pulpit orator, the years of his simple priesthood at Antioch (386 397). This was the peaceful period in Chrysostom's life that preceded his elevation to the episcopacy as patriarch of Constantinople (398), wherein adverse imperial and ecclesiastical reaction to his program of moral reform led to his deposition, banishment, and all by martyr's death